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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2013 14:03:30 GMT -5
What is the recommendation for a really good fillet knife.
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Post by Gator on Nov 7, 2013 15:11:37 GMT -5
chief, I use Dexter Russell fillet knives. They hold a razor sharp edge as long as you aren't cutting through the rib cage too much and are very flexible. I still have my first Dexter and it is over 30 years old and still filleting fish with it.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2013 15:45:25 GMT -5
Thanks
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Post by CorneliaGale on Nov 7, 2013 19:24:25 GMT -5
I used to get mine from Boaters World,had a white handle and they worked great, still have and use them. Hold a edge great, don't know if you can still order them or not. They don't have any retail stores any more but are still online.
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Post by jon on Nov 7, 2013 22:22:31 GMT -5
I second the dexter russel fillet knives. Just used one to work up some deer meat. But for filleting stripers all i have used for a while now is an electric fillet knife. It's much easier. I can fillet and bag a fish in less than a minute then through the leftovers back in the water.
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Post by 2 oars & a trash can on Nov 8, 2013 6:20:13 GMT -5
then through the leftovers back in the water. Not trying to tell anyone else what to do but last summer some guys rented a house 2 doors up and caught some stipers and filleted them and threw the carcasses in, and they just floated around the cove and rotted and stunk bad. Like I said it was summer and people were trying to swim. I can see in the ocean, with crabs and the tides and all, but here I always bag the skeleton and take it to the dump or bury it real deep in the garden (raccoons find the shallow ones.) What does anyone else do? Maybe if you aren't back in a cove like I am it isn't an issue?
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Post by deerview on Nov 8, 2013 7:55:15 GMT -5
If you run your knife complete through the gut, you rupture the air sac. I run a knife through several times. They will sink to the bottom.
I agree, the Dexter do a great job. My wife liked my first one so much, I lost it to her in the kitchen.
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Post by irons on Nov 8, 2013 19:43:57 GMT -5
Gander mt has rapala saltwater fillet knives with a white handle,71/2 inches long for $9.99. And they have a good blade on them.
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Post by getlinewet on Nov 17, 2013 8:27:41 GMT -5
I ruined a perfectly good rapala electric filet knife trying to filet some big stripers. Cutting through the rib cage on those beasts with that knife was a really bad idea. I think I'm going to pick up a hack saw at WalMart and cut through those rib cages with that. Then again, maybe I should be avoiding the rib cage altogether. If so, could someone post the proper fileting technique?
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Post by BentRod on Nov 17, 2013 9:18:29 GMT -5
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Post by getlinewet on Nov 17, 2013 9:36:41 GMT -5
Thanks BentRod. I should have been using Travis' method #2 on the big boys. I've been using his method #1 on all of them, and now I have to go on Amazon and buy a new electric filet knife.
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